GOLDEN KNIGHTS (30-15-6) at COYOTES (23-22-3)
9 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, SN360, TVAS
Golden Knights projected lineup
Ivan Barbashev -- Nicolas Roy -- Jonathan Marchessault
Paul Cotter -- Chandler Stephenson -- Mark Stone
Brendan Brisson -- William Karlsson -- Michael Amadio
Jonas Rondbjerg -- Brett Howden -- Keegan Kolesar
Alec Martinzez -- Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb -- Kaeden Korcazak
Nicolas Hague -- Zach Whitecloud
Logan Thompson
Adin Hill
Scratched: None
Injured: Tobias Bjornfot (undisclosed), William Carrier (upper body), Pavel Dorofeyev (upper body), Jack Eichel (lower body), Ben Hutton (upper body), Shea Theodore (upper body)
Coyotes projected lineup
Clayton Keller -- Jack McBain -- Nick Schmaltz
Matias Maccelli -- Nick Bjugstad -- Lawson Crouse
Logan Cooley -- Barrett Hayton -- Dylan Guenther
Michael Carcone -- Alex Kerfoot -- Jason Zucker
Sean Durzi -- J.J. Moser
Travis Dermott -- Matt Dumba
Juuso Valimaki -- Michael Kesselring
Connor Ingram
Karel Vejmelka
Scratched: Josh Brown, Liam O’Brien, Adam Ruzicka
Injured: Travis Boyd (upper body), Troy Stecher (lower body)
Status report
The Golden Knights held an optional morning skate Thursday. … Brisson and Rondbjerg switched spots during practice Wednesday, with Brisson moving up to the third line. … Vegas assigned forward Sheldon Rempal to Henderson of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. ... Hayton will return after missing 32 games with a hand injury. ... Dumba is back in the lineup after missing three games with an upper-body injury. … O’Brien, a forward, is expected to be a healthy scratch and miss his first game of the season. ... Ingram will start for the eighth time in nine games. ... Ruzicka, a forward, practiced with the Coyotes for the first time since being claimed on waivers from the Calgary Flames on Jan. 25; coach Andre Tourigny said he needs a week of conditioning before being game ready.
